Joke and Biagio on the Radio Today (Sunday) with Film Courage Noon PST

They’ve sat down with legends like John Sayles, Ted Hope, and indie up-and-comers like Gary King and Julie Keck and Jessica King. And now…well, you read the title of this post :-) Today (Sunday May 1) we’ll be live at the Film Courage studios at 12 noon PST, 3pm EST. Not Ashamed to Admit… …been … Read more

Steve’s Voicemail from Cinequest

Check out the voicemail Steve just left me, minutes after announcing the world premiere of our documentary Dying to do Letterman at the Cinequest Film Festival media event.

Announcing the World Premiere of Dying to do Letterman

After six years, the journey is only just beginning. Cinequesting! We’re pleased to announce that the world premiere of Dying to do Letterman will be at the Cinequest Film Festival, in San Jose, California, Friday, March 4th at 7pm! The film will also play Sunday, March 6th at 7pm, and Tuesday, March 8th, at 5pm. … Read more

Happy Holidays: Stay Extraordinary

Driving from a lunch pick-up for Biagio’s all day edit session, I passed the new Diet Coke billboards. Their new slogan is STAY EXTRAORDINARY, and maybe it is because I’m cheesy, or really like Diet Coke, but I love the slogan. So in the spirit of the holiday season, I hope you all take a … Read more

Prove Dreams Matter

Today We Launched the Dying to do Letterman Web Site Please come visit, watch the video, and leave your email. Not sure what the movie’s all about? Steve was told he had incurable liver cancer, and might only have five years to live. He gave the middle finger to cancer, and decided to live his … Read more

Dying to Tell You About Our Movie

For the past six years we’ve been working on our passion project, a self-funded, feature-length documentary called Dying to do Letterman. Five years of shooting. One year of editing. Eighty minutes that represents our very best as filmmakers. The still frame above is from today’s shoot with Steve, in which he finally reveals what you … Read more

Indie Ideas: Build Your Street Team

Raymond-Did-It-at-Joke-and-Biagio.jpgJust a quick post about an indie working hard to get his movie out there, and being creative in his approach.

Travis Legge, an aspiring horror film writer and director, took his career into his own hands by making Raymond Did It, an ultra-low-budget horror film.

Considering he had no money, the trailer looks really good. Plus, he was smart enough to reach out to, and cast, two of our former Scream Queens in Raymond Did It.

Travis is Building a Street Team

To help distribute his movie himself, and get the word out, Travis is selling Raymond Did It Street Team Shirts. The idea is to earn some extra money to help release the film, and at the same time use that age old “walking billboard” tactic to spread the word.

But it’s Just a Tee Shirt, Right?

We all get free tee-shirts, all the time, at trade shows, fairs, you name it. And honestly, a free tee-shirt just doesn’t mean all that much. I mean, really, do you wear your free tee-shirts anywhere you actually want to be seen?

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Whiz! Bam! Pow! Our Featured IndieGoGo Project

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If you’ve been around our blog, you know we like to support indie filmmakers whenever we can. Today’s post is an interview with cutting-edge indie, Tyler Weaver, who also runs an awesome blog called Multi-Hyphenate.

Whiz!Bam!Pow!

With what may be the most action-packed title of all time, Tyler is creating a “transmedia” experience, and he’s using IndieGoGo as a tool to raise funds and awareness for his project.

Trans-huh?

Entertainment is changing at a rapid pace, and Tyler Weaver’s bravely living on the bloodiest bleeding edge. Take a look at his pitch video for Whiz!Bam!Pow! and read his info-packed interview below.

What Tyler Weaver’s doing with Whiz!Bam!Pow! just may be your sneak peek at the future of indie-storytelling.

BTW, on Twitter? Follow Tyler @tylerweaver, and of if you’re not already, please follow us @JokeAndBiagio.

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Free Film Festival Secrets

Just a quick post to tell you about an incredible free resource we stumbled upon recently. It’s the site of Christopher Holland, Film Festival Secrets . Not only is his site jam-packed with information to give you film festival success, but Mr. Holland has written a free e-book that is the must-download free e-book of … Read more